considered lucky. The ticket sellers often call out as they pass
along the street the last two numbers on the tickets they have to
sell, and if a man hears the number called which corresponds to
the animal he dreamed about last night, he will consider it lucky
and buy. There are also many shops where only lottery tickets are
sold. No evil has more tenaciously and universally fastened upon
the people than has the evil of gambling in lotteries. There are
310 Federal lotteries, besides many others run by the various
States. These 310 lotteries receive in premiums the enormous sum
of $19,399,200 every month--about one dollar for every individual
in Brazil. A portion of the profits amassed by the lottery
companies is devoted to charity, a portion to Roman Catholic
churches and a portion goes to the government. Even after these
amounts are taken out, there is ample left for the enrichment of
the companies' coffers to the impoverishment of many very needy
working people.

It is difficult to write temperately of Rio de Janeiro. There is
such a rare combination here of the primitive and the progressive,
of the oriental and occidental, that one is inclined to go off
into exclamation points. On the Avenida Central one sees numbers
of street venders carrying all kinds of wares on their heads and
pulling all sorts of carts, making their way in and out among the
automobiles, and handsome victorias PULLED BY MULES. We note also
all types of people. The Latin features predominate, but the negro
is in evidence, the Indian features are often recognized, and
mingled with these are seen faces representing all nations. One is
impressed with the dress of the people. Who is that handsomely-
groomed, gentleman passing? From his fine clothes you think he
must be a man of wealth and influence. Who is he? He is a barber.